species 911 observations
Purple Wood Aster
Eurybia spectabilis
Field notes
Supports All
32
native animals
supported in the US
supported in the US
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Specialist bees
Bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it
Drury's Long-horned Bee, Aster Mining Bee, Eastern Bare-Miner, Two-celled Sweat Bee
7
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Hosted animals
Gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it
Liriomyza limopsis
1
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Flower visitors
Pollinators and other flower visitors
Northern Flower Moth, Aster Bee Fly, Eastern Calligrapher, Pure Green Sweat Bee
24
Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Key traits
- Layer
- Herbaceous plants
- Plant type
- Perennial Wildflower
From USDA PLANTS.